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"davy" poems
Rising from the sand at low tide, The shipwreck’s spars, brown wet, decaying Reaching like skeletal fingers, grasping For one last piece of the breaking daylight Tentacles of seaweed, woven Wrapped around decaying planks Anchoring it firmly To Davy Jones’ Locker Barnacle encrusted planks Lie twisted, turned, unnatural Frozen in a final plea of mercy Before white tipped monsters Crashed across the bow, Splitting, tearing masts Sending it to the murky depths
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Aug 3, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 at 3:12 PM UTC
Shipwreck
Here, I sail to regions unknown. On the tides of bliss, you are shown. Your sweet strokes can calm my heart. As fear and pain depart. How the sun is dim to your smile. West winds blow as I dream of the Isle. For one day, we will lock our hands. Upon the golden sands... Writhe and roar! Sea and tempest grow! Rise, my Dutchman! Rock to and fro! Set the sails and man all the helms! Postpone our journey's end. Death ascends upon the throne. As wild as I am alone. Come to the sea, and cut through the waves. Hurry to your watery grave! And my love, who can't be restrained. I will vow that I'll make you pay! Drag them, bind them, take their souls! And hear the death bell toll! For my love, I gave you my heart. So that we will never part. Forever you were my always. I'll set the sea ablaze. How I've dreamed we'd meet on the lands. Words of love have crumbled to sand. For years, I drown with misery. I want my liberty... Unlike you, my heart isn't chained. Hear my ***** feel my pain! Lost and cold, my heart knows no rest! Within this dead man's chest...
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Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 2017 at 1:13 PM UTC
Davy Jones' Lullaby (Revised)
I I see the boys of summer in their ruin Lay the gold tithings barren, Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils; There in their heat the winter floods Of frozen loves they fetch their girls, And drown the cargoed apples in their tides. These boys of light are curdlers in their folly, Sour the boiling honey; The jacks of frost they finger in the hives; There in the sun the frigid threads Of doubt and dark they feed their nerves; The signal moon is zero in their voids. I see the summer children in their mothers Split up the brawned womb's weathers, Divide the night and day with fairy thumbs; There in the deep with quartered shades Of sun and moon they paint their dams As sunlight paints the shelling of their heads. I see that from these boys shall men of nothing Stature by seedy shifting, Or lame the air with leaping from its hearts; There from their hearts the dogdayed pulse Of love and light bursts in their throats. O see the pulse of summer in the ice. II But seasons must be challenged or they totter Into a chiming quarter Where, punctual as death, we ring the stars; There, in his night, the black-tongued bells The sleepy man of winter pulls, Nor blows back moon-and-midnight as she blows. We are the dark derniers let us summon Death from a summer woman, A muscling life from lovers in their cramp From the fair dead who flush the sea The bright-eyed worm on Davy's lamp And from the planted womb the man of straw. We summer boys in this four-winded spinning, Green of the seaweeds' iron Hold up the noisy sea and drop her birds, Pick the world's ball of wave and froth To choke the deserts with her tides, And comb the county gardens for a wreath. In spring we cross our foreheads with the holly, Heigh ** the blood and berry, And nail the merry squires to the trees; Here love's damp muscle dries and dies Here break a kiss in no love's quarry, O see the poles of promise in the boys. III I see you boys of summer in your ruin. Man in his maggots barren. And boys are full and foreign to the pouch. I am the man your father was. We are the sons of flint and pitch. O see the poles are kissing as they cross.
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I See The Boys Of Summer
I I see the boys of summer in their ruin Lay the gold tithings barren, Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils; There in their heat the winter floods Of frozen loves they fetch their girls, And drown the cargoed apples in their tides. These boys of light are curdlers in their folly, Sour the boiling honey; The jacks of frost they finger in the hives; There in the sun the frigid threads Of doubt and dark they feed their nerves; The signal moon is zero in their voids. I see the summer children in their mothers Split up the brawned womb's weathers, Divide the night and day with fairy thumbs; There in the deep with quartered shades Of sun and moon they paint their dams As sunlight paints the shelling of their heads. I see that from these boys shall men of nothing Stature by seedy shifting, Or lame the air with leaping from its hearts; There from their hearts the dogdayed pulse Of love and light bursts in their throats. O see the pulse of summer in the ice. II But seasons must be challenged or they totter Into a chiming quarter Where, punctual as death, we ring the stars; There, in his night, the black-tongued bells The sleepy man of winter pulls, Nor blows back moon-and-midnight as she blows. We are the dark derniers let us summon Death from a summer woman, A muscling life from lovers in their cramp From the fair dead who flush the sea The bright-eyed worm on Davy's lamp And from the planted womb the man of straw. We summer boys in this four-winded spinning, Green of the seaweeds' iron Hold up the noisy sea and drop her birds, Pick the world's ball of wave and froth To choke the deserts with her tides, And comb the county gardens for a wreath. In spring we cross our foreheads with the holly, Heigh ** the blood and berry, And nail the merry squires to the trees; Here love's damp muscle dries and dies Here break a kiss in no love's quarry, O see the poles of promise in the boys. III I see you boys of summer in your ruin. Man in his maggots barren. And boys are full and foreign to the pouch. I am the man your father was. We are the sons of flint and pitch. O see the poles are kissing as they cross.
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The clouds hid the red sky that day Amid the wind and rain No red sky meant no sailors warning The waves broke high and hard They passed the breakers and the kegs They missed the red sky morning The ships out on the water From the shore to the Grand Banks Were helpless in the coming storm No choice to turn and run The best bet was stay put There was no port to get warm The skies were filled with nothingness the clouds like a sharks eye Shades of black were all they saw The icy waves of winter Broke the calm of the early morn For red sky in the morning is an unwritten sailors law The Captain closed the bar down On the Digby ferry crossing The doors were being opened by each wave They couldn't see the white caps Only sky and see was all And the souls he had to save There were fifteen boats in transit When the storm came bearing down Most were halfway home or so Now they all were stranded In the journey between heaven and hell Which direction they were headed only God would know Turn sideways and you'd flip it Just sit still and you were dead You had to ride the water hellish ride Hatches all were battened Windows sealed and doors shut tight Sailors tried to stay inside Water spouts were forming Off the stern and then the port Navigate the safest spot and keep low The door to Davy Jones' locker Was opened and ready to accept Any boat who made the choice to venture down below On shore the coast guard were all scrambled Planes were sent out just in case More to recover than to save Families awaited word by radio The lines from all the ships were down Some lost to a watery grave Each year the ocean opens up Mother Nature takes some back It's just the circle of life at sea Prayers are said at the Mariners Hall Bells are rung for the dead The sailors soul belongs to the water and it never can be free Are you one that lives on water? You know one day your luck will end You knew this fact from the start Sailors know the sea's a minefield It's a war with God each day You have to fight with all your heart
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Apr 14, 2013
Apr 14, 2013 at 8:44 PM UTC
The sudden storm
The clouds hid the red sky that day Amid the wind and rain No red sky meant no sailors warning The waves broke high and hard They passed the breakers and the kegs They missed the red sky morning The ships out on the water From the shore to the Grand Banks Were helpless in the coming storm No choice to turn and run The best bet was stay put There was no port to get warm The skies were filled with nothingness the clouds like a sharks eye Shades of black were all they saw The icy waves of winter Broke the calm of the early morn For red sky in the morning is an unwritten sailors law The Captain closed the bar down On the Digby ferry crossing The doors were being opened by each wave They couldn't see the white caps Only sky and see was all And the souls he had to save There were fifteen boats in transit When the storm came bearing down Most were halfway home or so Now they all were stranded In the journey between heaven and hell Which direction they were headed only God would know Turn sideways and you'd flip it Just sit still and you were dead You had to ride the water hellish ride Hatches all were battened Windows sealed and doors shut tight Sailors tried to stay inside Water spouts were forming Off the stern and then the port Navigate the safest spot and keep low The door to Davy Jones' locker Was opened and ready to accept Any boat who made the choice to venture down below On shore the coast guard were all scrambled Planes were sent out just in case More to recover than to save Families awaited word by radio The lines from all the ships were down Some lost to a watery grave Each year the ocean opens up Mother Nature takes some back It's just the circle of life at sea Prayers are said at the Mariners Hall Bells are rung for the dead The sailors soul belongs to the water and it never can be free Are you one that lives on water? You know one day your luck will end You knew this fact from the start Sailors know the sea's a minefield It's a war with God each day You have to fight with all your heart
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Relationship are rough, sailin’ the ever changin’ tides of emotion. They don’t come ‘bout easy, they require a lot of hard work! Some days be jolly! But sometime things don’t go yer way. Some days there’s a change in the wind, a change in the current, that goes against the riggins’ o’ yer ship an’ ye struggle, but that doesn’t mean yer ship is sinkin’! Don’t walk the plank now, just ‘cause the imminent Kraken of breakup and doubt is in hot pursuit o’ yer vessel! Like Dido, ye won’t be goin’ down with this ship, there’ll be no white flag! Are ye really going to let some bombastic baboons pillage yer lass? No yer not! Yer goin’ to drop yer anchor an' battle for that nigh uncatchable ship. But if ye be captured, a faith worse than Davy Jones' Locker, an' they say ‘walk the plank’ then you’ll walk that plank, but ye’ll cross the seven seas to meet them again! Storms they pass, with lil' damage, if ye just brace and stick it out 'Cos for the right ship, ye do anythin'
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 9:12 PM UTC
Piratical Advice
on my better days I am a gypsy songbird addicted to dying my hair unnatural colors wearing too much jewelry & swaying my hips to the Counting Crows or Queens of the Stone Age on my scarier days I am a modified hermit addicted to hard liquor and coffee daydreaming about the things that will never be mine & blaring sad piano ballads about rotten, undignified, but true, true love on my normal days I am a mommy my son will be a year old on Sunday & he is my entire soul I am addicted to his dimples his laughter & watching him sleep if anyone were to ever tell a tale of the dear Latham girl, they would have to say "Well, didn't you know? Davy Martin saved his mama's life."
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Feb 1, 2012
Feb 1, 2012 at 5:57 PM UTC
.Hey Davy, what do you think about lavender hair?.
Copious amounts of lava seeping over the table steaming mugs of java cutting off the cable. Rara Avis is a Latin term no sneakers for me today eaten by the Conqueror Worm during the month of May. Date **** drugs and Sugar Twin white punk thugs chasing Rin-Tin-Tin. Rainbows of black babies howling out loud guerilla attacks a huge raver crowd. Windshield wipers with ribbons attached little sticky diapers and gates made of thatch. Alphagetti monsters smoking a jay card-carrying punsters greasy burgers on a tray. Cute cotton ******* on lithe little nymphs disappearing shanties owned by drugged-up pimps. Rhymes gone bad a little cash in my pocket hanging at the pad and watching Davy Crockett. People eating doughnuts ***** up on the beaches hips that do the low strut and blood ******* leeches. It all comes down to a single final thought: was the Queen's big crown really traded for a ***
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Aug 4, 2011
Aug 4, 2011 at 11:15 AM UTC
Coffee Shop Thoughts
The bar was deserted But for The Captain and me I was tending the bar He was watching the sea The North Wind was 'a howlin' As the door opened wide It was The North Wind just checkin' To see who's inside The Captain, was quiet looking out at the sea He said on days like today, that is no place to be She'll swallow you whole Take your ship in one gulp Crush all your riggings And make the rest into pulp When she opens her maw The Sea don't care who Is there for the taking It's just what she do I ventured on over A fresh glass, with some ice He said "what took you?" I said ..."now, be nice" "With weather like this" "There's leaks front and back" "And if I don't mop them up" "Then I will get the sack" He smiled as he drank up One gulp and all done He used to come here With his grandson and son But, that story is longer And a good one to know But, today, t'was just him And he was rarin' to go "The Sea is a monster, you can be sure of that" "That's a fact I am saying, as sure as I'm sat" "She'll swat you down hard, like a little old gnat" "And to her it'll be nothing more than a pat" "To Davy Jones Locker, she'll take you today" "And once you are down there, in the locker you'll stay" "A witch like the Ocean, she doesn't half play" "When the water starts talking....you hear what she say!!!" He swirled round the cubes Made a noise, looked my way I was already pouring His fifth of the day "Barkeep, be wary" "The wind is the start" "It's the voice of the water" "It'll sure break your heart" "She'll take what you give her" "And she'll return you squat" "Like a big old hard game" "Of 'x's and noughts" "She's a powerful mistress" "And fickle as well" "But, be on her today" "And she'll take you to hell" We sat watching closely As the storm rattled glass We both were quite nervous And we hoped it would pass The storm  came in early Two weeks 'fore the season And we knew out today That the water'd be freezin' The Captain dozed off Facing out to the sea There was now just the storm A sleeping Captain....and me.
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Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013 at 11:45 PM UTC
The Captain and Me
The bar was deserted But for The Captain and me I was tending the bar He was watching the sea The North Wind was 'a howlin' As the door opened wide It was The North Wind just checkin' To see who's inside The Captain, was quiet looking out at the sea He said on days like today, that is no place to be She'll swallow you whole Take your ship in one gulp Crush all your riggings And make the rest into pulp When she opens her maw The Sea don't care who Is there for the taking It's just what she do I ventured on over A fresh glass, with some ice He said "what took you?" I said ..."now, be nice" "With weather like this" "There's leaks front and back" "And if I don't mop them up" "Then I will get the sack" He smiled as he drank up One gulp and all done He used to come here With his grandson and son But, that story is longer And a good one to know But, today, t'was just him And he was rarin' to go "The Sea is a monster, you can be sure of that" "That's a fact I am saying, as sure as I'm sat" "She'll swat you down hard, like a little old gnat" "And to her it'll be nothing more than a pat" "To Davy Jones Locker, she'll take you today" "And once you are down there, in the locker you'll stay" "A witch like the Ocean, she doesn't half play" "When the water starts talking....you hear what she say!!!" He swirled round the cubes Made a noise, looked my way I was already pouring His fifth of the day "Barkeep, be wary" "The wind is the start" "It's the voice of the water" "It'll sure break your heart" "She'll take what you give her" "And she'll return you squat" "Like a big old hard game" "Of 'x's and noughts" "She's a powerful mistress" "And fickle as well" "But, be on her today" "And she'll take you to hell" We sat watching closely As the storm rattled glass We both were quite nervous And we hoped it would pass The storm  came in early Two weeks 'fore the season And we knew out today That the water'd be freezin' The Captain dozed off Facing out to the sea There was now just the storm A sleeping Captain....and me.
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Distant shadows, Traveling into the absence of light. Illuminating a pathway of sorrow, Imagining the beauty of Helen’s sight. Diving into the abyss, Searching for lost remains. Encountering a series of melancholic words, Reliving one's past fate. Salvaging sunken letters, Written in Cephalopod ink. Subsiding into Davy Jones' locker, In quest of the skeleton key. Pursuing the Sirens voice, Inducing a tidal wave. Awakening to disillusion, Anchoring hope to reality once again. By: Michael M. De La Fuente
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 10:03 AM UTC
Skeleton Key
Silently standing in formation as your feet are hanging overboard A burial at sea is an honor and now it is your much deserved reward. USS. Ships slowly coming to a halt many nautical miles off the coast Today is a beautiful day and you’re the decorated remembered host. As for him, when his ship rolled up upon Saigon's shore he received many campaign stars for his chest while serving his tour. Clanging medals as he still now walks all about and right from the start He told me he was to fast to get caught and in return, he smiled at me because he never did receive a purple heart. The stars and stripes are now starting to swirl into one and another contorting colors now begin to weep while flying at half-mast Squeezing triggers the firing party’s rifle’s now begin to blast. As you’re lying there peacefully and in your "Aurora" stainless steel bed A special scripture is read and prayers are then said. Tilting the platform so you slide off and fall into the deep ocean with twenty holes two inch in diameter and one hundred and fifty pound bags of sand hidden at your feet when you get to the bottom, Davy Jones, you will then meet till then you’re heading to the floor traveling there like always, in slow motion. (SirCARSr. 11-30-13)
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Nov 30, 2013
Nov 30, 2013 at 11:51 AM UTC
All Hands Bury the Dead
Dew drops sit patiently on the earth My thoughts race, incomplete without a story line. What’s the difference between an animal and a man, you ask? Men can carry guns The revolution falls short as the much anticipated Apocalypse begins Zombies moan and groan as their limbs creak with their shuffling art. They say zombies are the living dead Why, you ask? They’re dead on the inside. Like Davy Jones, they’ve ripped their hearts out and hid them away from the world. I’ve met a zombie or few. They inject sunburnt life into their veins; They inhale the emotions they can’t convey I see right through their drug induced façade. Life can’t be bought because the government can’t even afford it. Kudos to China for figuring that out A joke tumbles from the lips of the self-righteous An apology pours from the mouth of the condemned A question slides from the tongue of the forgetful Remember me? I jumped because the Hermes of death seeped into my mind Go down in flames or fall for a thousand Arabian nights Calm before the storm chosen over Panic during the tornado. Take the credit, you ******** and we’ll take your lives. Congratulations, Westboro Baptists are humming dirges at your last bed You’ll be missed. Now what, you ask? Come on home, boys, I’ve got a country to please
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Dec 5, 2012
Dec 5, 2012 at 1:27 PM UTC
Do You Know What I Know?
I locked my beating heart in a dead man's chest Finding safety underneath the sands Fourteen years it remained buried far below Yet somehow found it's way to your hands With unconcerned plunges of your careless knife Don't bother to watch my heart bleed Soaking the base of the box; red and hot Yet you merely day dream, walking sleep I removed my heart from love's reckless hands But pain; dull, fresh, endless is still felt It should end now yet the sea i still roam Trusting now in blackholes i never before dwelt My unbalanced chest suffers an unliftable burden As my heart's held 'ransom' by you Love's cruel trick; i remain Davy Jones With not even my broken heart, only a ship and crew
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Jul 29, 2013
Jul 29, 2013 at 8:05 AM UTC
Davy Jones
Time stopped. I had no bearing as to who, where, or what I was. All that was in my presence was the high, rolling desert painted orange with that odd sand-mud that he called “Geonosian rock;” his ebbing backpack being pulled from his shoulder, just like the ocean tide; his canteen bottle, lidless, slipping out of the rear pocket and whetting the sand with the boy’s quickly diminishing water supply; and the boy, Davy, being torn helplessly from safety by the cool, malevolent hands of gravity, and into the crevasse. Reaching out desperately for the boy’s damp, warm hands, I grab a hold just in time—to consciousness, as he plummets and I stare wondrously; dumbfounded by my own ineptness in rational thinking. the boy is gone. Davy, my own stepson, my ******* child whom I would do anything for to prove my worth to his mother, Mary, who was the token to happiness with a new family, was ripped from my grasp, and eaten by the New Mexican terrain. So I delved after him.
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Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 12:30 AM UTC
Evening blood on the bastard's paws
I love lighthouses; Lonely, desolate, cold Grown out of rocky outcrops Designed by monolithic architects, Where only ascetic souls can call home Their light, a beacon in the darkness To protect sailors from the smouldering sea, And all her whiles and trickery One lonely light, that shines out Like faith, like hope, like love So mariners will not plot a course Into the shallow depths of death, Book a room in Davy Jones’ Locker.
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Jun 28, 2019
Jun 28, 2019 at 1:47 PM UTC
Lighthouses
it’s a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair 10,000 hipsters stand in the square with ***** makeup and ****** flare prayers fly into the dim lit sky as a generation asks god  ‘why’ it’s a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair I sit here in despair for a god of whom I did care well, just a man with a master’s eye for making all of the people sigh… and now I sit here with my head in my hand just trying to understand what this world has come unto can there ever again be skies of blue and while swishy in her satin and tat frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat there can never be another like that – the morning news brought a cold chill as the icon of us undesirables came to be laid at rest it’s on America’s tortured brow leaving us to sit solemn as old records spin telling tales of space men and life on mars a little china girl and one man who feel to earth it’s on America’s tortured brow the fashionista of glam rock the birther of Ziggy the man who sold the world forever changing chameleon in smart shoes – spinning grooves and scattered cd’s tears slipping away as memories already start to fade it’s the freakiest show look at those cavemen go will they ever know just who left us take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy it’s a god-awful small affair to the girls with the mousy hair now she walks with a sunken dream and the cream that once rose so high so too will come the time to die and as all of us let him go there can be a bit of hope for those who carry a torchy flare to the girl with the mousy hair and will sing in the dead of night with face paint and a big spot light ******* and the party boys come out with their fancy toys but it’s a god-awful small affair if you find you’re too square to care ‘bout the goblin kings sad depart from this earth and from hipster hearts see these kids have no loyalty to a man who helped define me when the world gave me a frown for kissing boys in a dainty gown ole Davy gave me peace with a confidence that never ceased oh Mr. Jones I’m in debt to you for turning my grey skies to blue now I’ll forever carry this torch from green valleys to my own front porch but it’s a god-awful small affair it’s nice to know some of us care… about the earth and sun and stars and yes there is life on      Mars –
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Jan 11, 2016
Jan 11, 2016 at 4:39 PM UTC
goodnight, Goblin King
it’s a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair 10,000 hipsters stand in the square with ***** makeup and ****** flare prayers fly into the dim lit sky as a generation asks god  ‘why’ it’s a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair I sit here in despair for a god of whom I did care well, just a man with a master’s eye for making all of the people sigh… and now I sit here with my head in my hand just trying to understand what this world has come unto can there ever again be skies of blue and while swishy in her satin and tat frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat there can never be another like that – the morning news brought a cold chill as the icon of us undesirables came to be laid at rest it’s on America’s tortured brow leaving us to sit solemn as old records spin telling tales of space men and life on mars a little china girl and one man who feel to earth it’s on America’s tortured brow the fashionista of glam rock the birther of Ziggy the man who sold the world forever changing chameleon in smart shoes – spinning grooves and scattered cd’s tears slipping away as memories already start to fade it’s the freakiest show look at those cavemen go will they ever know just who left us take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy it’s a god-awful small affair to the girls with the mousy hair now she walks with a sunken dream and the cream that once rose so high so too will come the time to die and as all of us let him go there can be a bit of hope for those who carry a torchy flare to the girl with the mousy hair and will sing in the dead of night with face paint and a big spot light ******* and the party boys come out with their fancy toys but it’s a god-awful small affair if you find you’re too square to care ‘bout the goblin kings sad depart from this earth and from hipster hearts see these kids have no loyalty to a man who helped define me when the world gave me a frown for kissing boys in a dainty gown ole Davy gave me peace with a confidence that never ceased oh Mr. Jones I’m in debt to you for turning my grey skies to blue now I’ll forever carry this torch from green valleys to my own front porch but it’s a god-awful small affair it’s nice to know some of us care… about the earth and sun and stars and yes there is life on      Mars –
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The first love for me It was always the sea. Being lovingly caressed Being slowly undressed By the deep oceans call. Being caught as I fall Into Kingdoms below. Where I flow Into gleaming ravines Into Davy Jones dreams. And on the network of tides I slide into rides And slip into waves Of mermaids and slaves. I glide upon stallions Sail in lost galleons And float in with the breath Of those swallowing death. As the seafarers are pounded As schooners are grounded. And sink into the deep In silence they keep The first love for me It was always the sea. John Smallshaw 2011.
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Jul 19, 2011
Jul 19, 2011 at 7:10 AM UTC
It Was Always The Sea
Bathtub music and drums played on the surface of Davy Jones's mirror: the ceramic holds the sea, the sea, and all within it: ***** me. Scrubbed you off my skin again for the umpteenth night in a row. Row row row our boat away from the constant, constant rows. Stormy arguments and weathered mistrust. You'll break me, won't you? I'll break you, won't I? Won't you come drown with me Ariel? Won't you come up with me to the kitchen and lock up the door then lock up the oven then lock up ourselves in carbon-monoxide poetry? But then how does cooking gas end up as sass in a library? How did sustenance turn into asphyxiation?  Why are our hands on each other's throats instead of being binded by the absoluteness, the certainty, the assuredness of palms within palms and fingers interlocked and question marks dispelled. Splash! as way in and over my head is the bathtub music and my absorbent curls are drinking, drinking, drinking, thinking about the why you only call me when you're drinking, drinking, drinking; thinking about the way I cannot suppress you when the cellphone has long gone quiet and your Hughes of blue are still loud but your red is dead. Ariel, Ariel, I want to be your dark-haired prince. Ariel, Ariel, my country is landlocked but I still see you in the sink. Ariel, Ariel, gurgling away as the bathtub music fades into ugly brown rings around the ceramic pause button that shows no hope of continuation Ariel, Ariel, you are the final splash! as the false sea drifts away, the final splash! that scatters bathtub music past the drain and into the air. Ariel, Ariel, you are the false rain that my landlocked country never prayed for. Ariel, Ariel, toneless, begotten and forgotten Ariel, Ariel. I cannot sing for you. I cannot. You will not sing for me. You will not. The final splash! past the drain and into the air is you Ariel. The false rain. The rain song of our endless games.
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May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015 at 10:02 AM UTC
Rain Song.
Bathtub music and drums played on the surface of Davy Jones's mirror: the ceramic holds the sea, the sea, and all within it: ***** me. Scrubbed you off my skin again for the umpteenth night in a row. Row row row our boat away from the constant, constant rows. Stormy arguments and weathered mistrust. You'll break me, won't you? I'll break you, won't I? Won't you come drown with me Ariel? Won't you come up with me to the kitchen and lock up the door then lock up the oven then lock up ourselves in carbon-monoxide poetry? But then how does cooking gas end up as sass in a library? How did sustenance turn into asphyxiation?  Why are our hands on each other's throats instead of being binded by the absoluteness, the certainty, the assuredness of palms within palms and fingers interlocked and question marks dispelled. Splash! as way in and over my head is the bathtub music and my absorbent curls are drinking, drinking, drinking, thinking about the why you only call me when you're drinking, drinking, drinking; thinking about the way I cannot suppress you when the cellphone has long gone quiet and your Hughes of blue are still loud but your red is dead. Ariel, Ariel, I want to be your dark-haired prince. Ariel, Ariel, my country is landlocked but I still see you in the sink. Ariel, Ariel, gurgling away as the bathtub music fades into ugly brown rings around the ceramic pause button that shows no hope of continuation Ariel, Ariel, you are the final splash! as the false sea drifts away, the final splash! that scatters bathtub music past the drain and into the air. Ariel, Ariel, you are the false rain that my landlocked country never prayed for. Ariel, Ariel, toneless, begotten and forgotten Ariel, Ariel. I cannot sing for you. I cannot. You will not sing for me. You will not. The final splash! past the drain and into the air is you Ariel. The false rain. The rain song of our endless games.
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The first love for me It was always the sea. Being lovingly caressed Being slowly undressed By the deep oceans call. Being caught as I fall Into Kingdoms below. Where I flow Into gleaming ravines Into Davy Jones dreams. And on the network of tides I slide into rides And slip into waves Of mermaids and slaves. I glide upon stallions Sail in lost galleons And float in with the breath Of those swallowing death. As the seafarers are pounded As schooners are grounded. And sink into the deep In silence they keep The first love for me It was always the sea. John Smallshaw 2011.
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Jul 19, 2011
Jul 19, 2011 at 7:10 AM UTC
It Was Always The Sea
I am looking at this plastic table cloth with longing It's reminding me of the surface of the ocean in the moonlight obviously it's summertime in my thoughts and the sand is cold my feet are hot I'm going to go run into the surf the sea is so black and sparkling I am solitary and so is it and we are solitary together at the same time so we are one and each other's companion for the night Ocean I like to watch you even at a distance from the lifeguard's chair and behold your magic And our relationship is passionate and enduring and you will keep me forever rocking my distraught mind just like a ship on a wave you are making me feel all lazy and hazy I think I love you I think we belong together all by ourselves in the presence of one another Because we are alike Because you're so blue in the day and so black at night
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May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 at 5:07 PM UTC
Davy Jones' Locker
Washed up on the sandy beach amidst the summer rain, The mighty king of the Pacific lay in persecuting pain. The creature wailed with ***** prowess, but his health was soon to wane, And by the morning that came after, sovereign was reduced to stain. Vultures from the distance ripped apart his tender flesh With spit to sear his wounded majesty and claws to tear and thresh. The wicked gang of savage butchers in a loathsome, boorish mesh Would make a swollen, seething carcass of our one-time Venkatesh. Three days after passing, fallen Caesar, set to rise, Was then revoked his Heaven’s passage, and left wallowed in demise: A body plagued by every virus; swarmed by avaricious flies, Stranded, rotting, in the Earth realm, ‘stead of claiming his due prize. Hurricanes, October, brought the wrath of Davy Jones To wreak an evil-minded havoc and to thrive on victim moans, And dash the Herculean skeleton upon the crags and stones To rain on thousands with the splinters of his elephantine bones.
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 8:02 PM UTC
The Whale
swimming more like flailing floating idly sometimes drowning drag me down down down down davy, drag me down
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Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013 at 9:56 PM UTC
my heart is in your locker
"Janice, I sat next to you in Latin. We were sophomores. You were a cheerleader but smart too. The excitement was unbearable (Cicero; the shape of your sweater . . . ). I asked you to play tennis." "You did never." "Yes, I did." "I suppose I didn't want to get sweaty." "So then you would have gone with me to a movie?" "No, I doubt it. . . . I was a brat." "You were divine. I wrote a poem for you in Latin."    "Lynda, we met at The Three Penny Opera. You were an usher. I was a college student; you were in high school." "Yes, a 'townie'." "I put my arm around you. I stroked your hair. When I tried to kiss you on the forehead our noses collided." "I was expecting a lip kiss." "It was a powerful attraction, but it wouldn't have worked." "No, we could have made great love, but it wouldn't have lasted."    "Gina, you lived on that 'hippie farm' at the edge of town. I was the 'knowing elder', the one who'd worked on a real farm. You were so high-energy, so alluring. Guys flocked to you: William and Michael; Davy, back home; sexually involved with all of them." "Not Michael really." "You seduced me-- I think you wanted to make William jealous-- not that I was unwilling. . . . I was, however, impotent." "I wanted adventure and, yes, I suppose I did want to make        William jealous." "Our intimacy awakened me. I realized what I'd been missing. Your rejection was devastating." "I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't know you were so fragile."    "Carla, I loved you in your apartment. It was all softness and warmth; **** carpet, soft bed, Carole King on the stereo. . . . We slept together, showered together." "I really listened to Carole King?" "Your parents were divorcing. You didn't have time for a relationship." "I don't think I was ready." "Just as I was overcoming my impotency. . . ."    "Sarah, I loved you on a camping trip. We kissed at dusk in the Great Smoky Mountains." "I remember." "I felt so connected-- physically, intellectually, emotionally. You smiled with your whole face, with your whole being. I wanted to be with you steadily. You said it wouldn't work. I guess you were right: I couldn't love someone who couldn't love me completely. When we parted, I cried uncontrollably." "Yes, I remember."
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Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021 at 11:00 PM UTC
The Poet Talks To His Former Loves
"Janice, I sat next to you in Latin. We were sophomores. You were a cheerleader but smart too. The excitement was unbearable (Cicero; the shape of your sweater . . . ). I asked you to play tennis." "You did never." "Yes, I did." "I suppose I didn't want to get sweaty." "So then you would have gone with me to a movie?" "No, I doubt it. . . . I was a brat." "You were divine. I wrote a poem for you in Latin."    "Lynda, we met at The Three Penny Opera. You were an usher. I was a college student; you were in high school." "Yes, a 'townie'." "I put my arm around you. I stroked your hair. When I tried to kiss you on the forehead our noses collided." "I was expecting a lip kiss." "It was a powerful attraction, but it wouldn't have worked." "No, we could have made great love, but it wouldn't have lasted."    "Gina, you lived on that 'hippie farm' at the edge of town. I was the 'knowing elder', the one who'd worked on a real farm. You were so high-energy, so alluring. Guys flocked to you: William and Michael; Davy, back home; sexually involved with all of them." "Not Michael really." "You seduced me-- I think you wanted to make William jealous-- not that I was unwilling. . . . I was, however, impotent." "I wanted adventure and, yes, I suppose I did want to make        William jealous." "Our intimacy awakened me. I realized what I'd been missing. Your rejection was devastating." "I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't know you were so fragile."    "Carla, I loved you in your apartment. It was all softness and warmth; **** carpet, soft bed, Carole King on the stereo. . . . We slept together, showered together." "I really listened to Carole King?" "Your parents were divorcing. You didn't have time for a relationship." "I don't think I was ready." "Just as I was overcoming my impotency. . . ."    "Sarah, I loved you on a camping trip. We kissed at dusk in the Great Smoky Mountains." "I remember." "I felt so connected-- physically, intellectually, emotionally. You smiled with your whole face, with your whole being. I wanted to be with you steadily. You said it wouldn't work. I guess you were right: I couldn't love someone who couldn't love me completely. When we parted, I cried uncontrollably." "Yes, I remember."
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Icy winds blew along the wharf, as three men mixed for a quick conversation, exchanged money & a loaded gun, then dispersed like the ocean spray. Later that night, Davy and Ian were shot point blank in the face, with no witnesses but the gulls shrieking above the dockyards of Belfast, a place where some paddies pay with their lives.
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Feb 28, 2014
Feb 28, 2014 at 9:49 PM UTC
The Port of Belfast
Does this really matter anymore, coming from a passionless former ***** I speak from the depths of me, a broken ship cast out to a stormy blue sea. Holes in my bilge overflowing, and my sail is barely even showing. Engulfed by dark salty waters, sharing space in Davy's locker with my forefathers.
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 9:50 PM UTC
Broken Ship